Alison D

Alison is an Executive Coach with over 20 years board level experience.

Experience

Following a very successful Senior Human Resources career with International and FTSE100 corporations, she moved into full-time Executive & Leadership Coaching.  She works across a variety of Corporations and SME businesses, as well as Public and Third Sector organisations.

Expertise

Alison’s expertise is in the nurturing and development of people. She co-supports individuals through their development journey, using emotional insight and good candour to identify and address client’s deeper personal challenges, supporting them to overcome any areas of self-doubt or avoidance with clear development actions.

Coaching style

As a qualified executive coach, Alison uses a blend of psychological coaching techniques shaped to support the executive’s personal development goals.  Alison is approachable and offers curiosity and challenge to ensure clients leave sessions highly motivated and armed with techniques for increased confidence, higher performance and greater mental resilience.

Qualifications

• MA in Executive & Business Coaching
• MA in HRM
• CIPD
• SHL OPQ, FiroB, Myers Briggs, 360’s
• NCFE Level 2 – Mental Health First Aid and Advocacy

Coaching philosophy

“Looking back, the support I received in my early career really helped me succeed; the never-ending encouragement and faith that I could do things I never thought possible were paramount to my development and career success. At this very simple level, I work to replicate these principles in all my coaching work, passing on some of the great lessons I’ve learnt along the way!”